They deserve a round of applause for everything they went through and in a short period of time (10 months) they developed a kick ass game.
In the same time frame they turned doubters into beliebers. Sure Microsoft will keep them around and EA,Activision and Ubisoft will peep to see if they can buy them.

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They have done an excellent job with Killer Instinct so there is that xD As mentioned in many reviews it is a great fighter that just needs a little more content. Which they're adding starting January so excellent xD

However they also had Rare Ltd working on it so credit should go to both. But yes Double Helix deserves some praise now after all the shit they have taken since E3.